Jens Wandel is a Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Reforms at the United Nations. He previously served within the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as Assistant Administrator (Assistant Secretary-General) and as the Director of the Bureau of Management from 2012 to 2017. He has also served in several management functions focusing on change initiatives, including as Director of the Centre for Business Solutions. At the country level he has worked in senior positions in Bratislava covering the former Soviet Union & Balkans, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan. Jens Wandel began his career with UNDP in 1988 as Junior professional Officer in Western Samoa.